Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone, February 28, 1863

the last day of February was coal and cloudy. And Mr. Portland Baley of Company D. 6th Regiment N. C. Troops was shot to death to day at 2 oclock with musketry.

Now the dark days of winter is gon And the bright days of Spring is come.

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 30